*yawn*

Well they ended up getting the Modern Warfare 2 maps working and downloadable yesterday. I will still be waiting a bit before I get them.

I can hear all the fanboys sobbing when they realized there are no golden guns and not new camo like the rumors said. Oh and you actually had to pay for the maps. Yes, there was a rumor they were going to be free. *snicker* As if Infinity Ward and Microsoft were going to let us get away with that. Someone I know was all excited about the brand new map Overgrown. Of course I had to explain to him that is actually an old map from Modern Warfare 1.

I haven't been playing the last few days. I have been having pregnancy discomfort and just couldn't concentrate.

My friend finished Heavy Rain and will be sending it to me. *squeal* That saves me $65 and I get to play a cool game.

I was just looking at Final Fantasy XIII and if I was going to get it, I'd buy it on the PS3 over the 360. The 360 will compress those graphics and totally detract from the beauty of the game. The PS3 can handle that sort of information overload. The Xbox can't.

Mass Effect 2...

I downloaded the Firewalker DLC and played it. Sure it was short but what do you expect for FREE! I do like the hover tank and I really hope they implement it in future DLC.

I am almost at the end of the game so I stopped playing. The Kasumi DLC is rumored to be coming out next week so I am stalling, yet again, so I can add her to my squad before the suicide mission. Plus I need the cash from her mission so I can buy the last couple of upgrades I need.

It's going to be kind of sad when I finish this. I'll have to wait until Mass Effect 3 and that will feel like forever.

I did start the second novel. I found it hiding on the shelf in hubby's armoire. So far it picks up after the first game leaves off. I haven't gotten that far into yet to really tell what the storyline is about.

Guys!

I have a natural aversion to males 18-24 because the majority of them are pompous know-it-alls that can't admit they don't know something. I dealt with them when I worked with exotic animals and now that I am in the gaming world.

Had an argument today with one, 20, about lagging and lag switches. We all know Halo 3 was the worst about the lag switches. Anyone that has played it has come across it. It sucks. I quit playing because of the cheating, oh and the males on there. I have never come across a game that has a bigger group of jerks playing it. Anyway, he said all multiplayer games have lag (true) and all are due to lag switches (untrue).

I found found with the newer multiplayer games the lagging can be contributed to international servers. If I am in Modern Warfare 2 and some guy disappears from my screen, a quick look at his gamer profile will place him in Europe, South America or even Japan. No surprise there since you'd have to expect data lag. Easy to fix, leave after that game is over and have it find a new server for you. Same goes with many games. 99.9% of the time is an international server, the rest is someone needing to reboot their router to refresh the ISP.

This kid, in my own home, told me I was wrong because he has seen lag. Yes you have young one because there is lag. I asked him if he had bothered to research why the person was lagging, like where they were from? No, but he knows better than me because he knows. He played SOCOM on PS2. *face palm* Really? That means your psychic? Wow, I need to play that.

My husband and my 16 year old daughter told him I was right since I thought them the trick and he is still arguing with me about it with no proof on his side. Yes, I am sure lag switching does happen but not to the extent it does on Bungie's servers and if you can't be bothered to see if you ended up on a London server, just stop arguing. I know I am female and I have a vagina but that does not make me an idiot. I've been playing longer than you've been alive.

Okay rant over.

So they have released DLC for Bioshock 2 multiplayer, or should I say they are allowing you the right to purchase a key and unlock it since it's already there. Needless to say people are angry and rightly so. Not because the data was there but because it really doesn't do anything to change or improve multiplayer. I'd would have liked to have seen new maps or something. Not weapon upgrades and masks. I don't even care about the 2 new characters. I'll skip this for now.

Modern Warfare 2 will not be getting my hard earned money anytime soon either. Sorry but I don't want to pay $15 for 3 new maps, 2 recycled maps and a game that is so riddled with flaws and holes that it takes the fun out of it. Too spendy for a company that has failed epically this time around. Fix the issues and we'll talk about my cash.

I did download the free DLC for Mass Effect 2 but have been too bust to play it. I had some doctors appointments, sorry, don't hate me. It's all a part of being pregnant. I don't like it much either but I have to be healthy. I did peek at the hover tank and I like it. It also appears there might be some more DLC for the tank in the future. I am just lead to believe it though I could be wrong. Next week it's rumored Kasumi DLC will be out for purchase and yes, Bioware will be getting my money for that. I will gladly fork over the dough. This is a great game and they listen to their players, no matter how misguided we are. They have hinted at more "premium" DLC in the future and I can't wait.

I still can't find my second Mass Effect book. I need to go buy another copy today so I can actually read it. The third book is due out in July too. *grin*

So to all the young know-it-alls, listen to your elders even if we are female, we might actually know something you don't. Shut up, listen and learn. Maybe if you did my daughter wouldn't have dumped you. Just saying...

Rip off?

Microsoft released the "Game Room" today. At first glance it's pretty cool. You get your own "arcade" to decorate and tweak with things you earn from playing the old arcade/Atari 2600/Intellivison games they have loaded on Xbox Live. There are some oldies but goodies in there. You can challenge friends and junk. However, each game is 240 points. Now I am not sure how much of a bargain that is. We are talking about really old games, most Xbox users weren't even alive when they were released.

Basically this is reminiscent of the "Family Game Night" room they released before. That was a total rip off, 800 points per game is steep.

I'll have to debate what I want to buy or even if I want to buy any of the games. I have a friend that has loaded it and I'll get his opinion on it.

Oooooomore Mass Effect 2 DLC

I was just watching X-Play on G4TV, great gaming show by the way, and they were talking to some of the guys from Bioware. They said that there will be MORE big DLC packs for Mass Effect 2 in the future. See? Now I never want to finish the game. This is torture. Yes I know the game doesn't end after the last mission, provided you don't die but, but, but...I want it all to be done when I do that final mission. I will be playing this until Mass Effect 3 comes out.

Again, this is one of the best series' of games I have ever played and I have been playing longer than most gamers have been alive.

Mass Effect 2 DLC

The Firewalker DLC for Mass Effect is being released today, for free with activated Cerberus accounts. I am so excited but guess what? Xbox Live is down. I was in the middle of transferring my gamertag from the secondary console to the main on in my house and Xbox.com sign in died. So now my gamertag is floating somewhere in the ether, in limbo, and I can't do anything.

Mass Effect 2 will also have "premium" DLC available next month for 560 Microsoft points. It will contain a new character, the thief Kasumi, a new loyalty mission and a new achievement.

Dr. Pepper still hasn't fixed their website to include the Battlefield Bad Company 2 DLC with their cap codes. I am sitting on caps waiting. They need to hurry that up!

So Michael Ironside plays Sam Fisher in Splinter Cell. He pops up in the oddest places doesn't he? All these years and I never noticed it was him. Michael Dorn cameos in Mass Effect 2 too. Well, Worf playing a Krogan isn't much of a stretch.
Anyway, the new Splinter Cell looks pretty sweet, more my style. I never thought much about the other versions.

I was going to start the second Mass Effect book but it has mysteriously disappeared. I put it in a place I knew I could find it and of course, it's not there. God forbid my family should just not touch stuff. I ended up having to read about Marie Antoinette being beheaded. Don't get me wrong, I love non-fiction and history books but I was in the mood for light reading.

I didn't play any games at all yesterday because I was working. It'll probably be the same thing today too since I don't even have access to my gamertag anyway. *grumble*

M1A1 Garand!

Yay! I got it this weekend on Battlefield Bad Company 2 and It's nice to use. I need a scope for it though. I did notice that the stats page on their game menu is odd. I have had the defib pads unlocked all weekend but last night it told me I just unlocked them? Really? Hmmmmm. Oh and can I tell you how satisfying it is to sneak up behind an enemy and zap them with those pads? I love the way they just sort of get stiff and fall over. Totally fun and makes me giggle like a mad woman.

I still love me the UAV copter. I love taking out the big copters with it and I totally love the anti-tank mines (on the right map). Spent a good portion of the weekend making enemy tanks randomly blow up. *grin*

I still don't have Battlefield 1943 listed in my game because they haven't fixed that issue yet. Soon hopefully.

I did manage to use a Dr. Pepper code and get that last visor for Mass Effect 2 I wanted and rumor has it the new DLC missions will be out tomorrow. That is what I have been waiting for. I have been stalling playing because I wanted those missions first. I have decided I need to play Mass Effect again in renegade mode and then play Mass Effect 2 to see the differences. I can't help it. I love this series.

Rumor has Gears of War 3 coming out next year. Looking forward to Fable 3 this holiday season and I am going to be broke because there are so many games coming out I have been dying for.

I need to send hubby out for the April GameInformer since we didn't get it.

I finished reading the first Mass Effect book. If you have played the game or are planning on it, read this book. It totally leads into the game and it was fantastic having a back story. It's a decent book too.